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040 _cIIT Kanpur
041 _aeng
082 _a530.41
_bC677i
100 _aColeman, Piers
245 _aIntroduction to many - body physics
_cPiers Coleman
260 _bCambridge University Press
_c2015
_aCambridge
300 _axv, 796p
520 _aA modern, graduate-level introduction to many-body physics in condensed matter, this textbook explains the tools and concepts needed for a research-level understanding of the correlated behavior of quantum fluids. Starting with an operator-based introduction to the quantum field theory of many-body physics, this textbook presents the Feynman diagram approach, Green's functions and finite-temperature many-body physics before developing the path integral approach to interacting systems. Special chapters are devoted to the concepts of Fermi liquid theory, broken symmetry, conduction in disordered systems, superconductivity and the physics of local-moment metals. A strong emphasis on concepts and numerous exercises make this an invaluable course book for graduate students in condensed matter physics. It will also interest students in nuclear, atomic and particle physics.
650 _aMany-body problem
650 _aCondensed matter
942 _cBK
999 _c559259
_d559259